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Jul/5/2007 Event in PARIS
from the
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17 /
2007 to the
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26 /
2007
Outdoor cinema festival
A selection of 36 films in their original language version to discover
This summer a giant 544 m² screen is erected on the Prairie du Triangle in the Parc de la Villette. For this edition, the theme is "First class and fold-away seat" or how a destiny is made in a socially, politically, and historically- determined context featuring My Fair lady, Million dollar baby, Brutti sporchi e cavitti, Pretty Woman, Marie-Antoinette, Volver, My Beautiful Laundrette, Lady Chatterley, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Match point …
Take a seat on the lawn or in a deckchair with a blanket for those cool nights - chair hire (6.5 €). Night falls and the show begins.
Parc de la Villette
211 avenue Jean Jaures 75019 Paris
Metro: Porte de la Vilette or Porte de Pantin
+33 1 40 03 75 00 Free Access www.villette.com
This page was designed especially for you who may visit Paris for the first time. The idea is to give you advices and help you prepare for this trip.
Districts of Paris
Paris is made up of 20 arrondissements (districts) from 1 to 20. The first arrondissement is in the center of the city on the right bank. The arrondissements are layed out in the form of a spiral and turning clockwise. There is a direct relationship between the last two numbers in the Paris zip codes and the arrondissements. For example, an address with a zip code of 75012 (all Paris zip codes start with 750) is found in the 12th arrondissement, 75004 is in the 4th arrondissement.
Gratuity
Your restaurant/cafe check already includes a 15% gratuity. But a gratuity around 5/10% is expected at restaurants. Your credit card receipt won't show any gratuity line.Taxi and guides of organised city excursions will appreciate a small tip. Don’t forget to tip the lavatory attendant !
Holidays/Festivities
Banks, government services, most museums and all department stores are closed on the following days: January 1, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, May 1 and 8, Ascension Day, Whitmonday, July 14 (National Day), August 15 (Assumption Day), November 1 (All Saints Day), November 11 (Armistice Day), Christmas Day.
Lunch and dinner
French people do lunch between 12:30 and 2:30 PM, and dinner between 7:30 and 10:00 PM. If you wish to avoid the crowd, lunch at 12:00 tops and dine out from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Restaurants rarely serve between 2:00 and 6:00 PM.
Street
There are three general rules to know regarding the orientation fo the streets:
- The streets running perpendicular to the Seine (North-South) are numbered in starting from the Seine.
- The streets running parallel to the Seine (East-West) are numbered in the direction that the Seine flows.
- If you place yourself at the beginning of a street (next to the address #1) and look towards the other end of the street, the odd numbered addresses are on the left side of the street and the even numbered addresses are on the right.
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Hotels with a WIFI Internet access
Hotel Ceramic Elysees Paris
3 star hotel with its famous ceramic facade a step from the Champs Elysees.
Hotel Bretagne Montparnasse.
3 star hotel in the famous area of Montparnasse
Hotel Tilsitt Champs Elysees Paris
3 star hotel near Arc de Triomphe
Hotel Motte Picquet Invalides Paris.
Left bank 3 star hotel, Invalides and St Germain des Pres.
St Petersbourg hotel Paris Opera.
3 star hotel located near the Opera House and the Department Stores.
Hotel Louvre Marsollier Opera.
3 star hotel near Louvre and Opera.
Hotel Lotti Paris Opera
4 star hotel between Opera House and the Louvre
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